Minimal Mac

Your Mac, simplified.

I’ve always been one to minimize, organize and optimize so I truly love this site and look forward to seeing what’s posted each day.
Here’s a picture of my Mac setup at work: a 13” Macbook and 24” Cinema Display. Besides Spotlight, the only icons in my menu bar are battery, analog clock (so it shows as a small icon) and WiFi. My dock is hidden and has just two items: my Downloads folder and a Work In Progress folder which is part of my MobileMe iDisk so I can always access files easily from work, home or my iPhone. I stay away from widgets and 3rd party add-ons as much as possible to ensure I use minimum system resources. Instead I optimize use of what Apple has provided (such as using Spotlight to launch apps) and I often use web apps (like HootSuite) so I use one app (Safari with hidden nav, stat and toolbars) instead of a bunch of different ones. My wallpaper is usually much simpler as well, but I make exception for Holidays.
Note: The paper iPhone stand I made from using instructions from this site and an old iSight Camera box.

(Submitted by John Dodd)

I’ve always been one to minimize, organize and optimize so I truly love this site and look forward to seeing what’s posted each day.

Here’s a picture of my Mac setup at work: a 13” Macbook and 24” Cinema Display. Besides Spotlight, the only icons in my menu bar are battery, analog clock (so it shows as a small icon) and WiFi. My dock is hidden and has just two items: my Downloads folder and a Work In Progress folder which is part of my MobileMe iDisk so I can always access files easily from work, home or my iPhone. I stay away from widgets and 3rd party add-ons as much as possible to ensure I use minimum system resources. Instead I optimize use of what Apple has provided (such as using Spotlight to launch apps) and I often use web apps (like HootSuite) so I use one app (Safari with hidden nav, stat and toolbars) instead of a bunch of different ones. My wallpaper is usually much simpler as well, but I make exception for Holidays.

Note: The paper iPhone stand I made from using instructions from this site and an old iSight Camera box.

(Submitted by John Dodd)

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